Abstract Summary
Recent studies demonstrated that transverse loading (FG) of a muscle resulted in a considerable reduction of maximum isometric muscle force (ΔFim). Here we tested if a Hill-type muscle model assuming an identical gearing G between both ΔFim and FG as well as lifting height of the load (Δh) and longitudinal muscle shortening (ΔlCC) can reproduce experimental changes in ΔFim and Δh for increasing transverse loads (0.64 N, 1.13 N, 1.62 N, 2.11 N, 2.60 N). The model seems applicable to account for effects of muscle deformation within a range of transverse loading when using a linear load-dependent function for G.
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